i'm amazed that the head to head odds are pretty close as i thought Hawthorn would've been about $1.35, however i wont be having a bet as i'd like to see Fremantle win, my tip though would be the Hawks by 5 goals...............what do you guys think ?

It's their first GF so they have no weight of expectation on them like Hawthorn has. I also think the Hawks have a few niggles, and Buddy doesn't seem to have his heart in it at the moment. Then there's the Sandilands factor.

I just think if Freo can bring the same heat that they have in their previous 2 games they are going to be hard to beat.

I would like to see Freo (and Pav) win except that it would grate that scraggers like Crowley and Ballantyne end up with a medal.

I hope Hawks get a lead and Freo chase them, that should mean a good game. If Freo jump to an early lead we could have 3 quarters of congested footy where everybody plays in the Freo defensive half.I reckon it comes down to Buddy and Roughie - if both have good games then they may be too much for the Freo defence. If Buddy has a shocker, as has happened before in big games, then Freo will win.

I doubt that will be remembered as a classic GF. I was a bit disappointed, was a bit of a fizzer really. Freo only really played a quarter and a half of decent footy. The occasion definitely got to them, particularly in front of goals.

Not a great GF, the skill level was pretty ordinary. I think the pressure got to some of the players. Ballantyne choked when it counted a number of times.Thought Brian Lake deserved the Norm Smith, had a good game.

i thought Gunston should have won the Norm Smith, he won the game for Hawthorn & therefore earned it imho, he was the only player that kicked consistently straight when the game was on the line in the early part of the match, bad kicking is bad footy but i wonder had Freo taken their early opportunities how different would the result have been